$67.50

made by James Graham (aka “Friends”, 2009, 3 min)

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Born and raised in Brooklyn New York, James Graham attended the High School of the Performing Arts, and latter the University of Arizona earning Kodak Scholarship. He was a creator of the Toole Shed Studios Artists co-operative and later became the founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson.

He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the sculptor Julia Latané, and exhibits art, mostly photography, and teaches 5th grade science. Commissioned at The Eating Establishment, Park City, UT. cinemad visa#025.

I buy a filmmaker lunch and in trade they give me a short film made for the cost of the lunch. It started by accident – and necessity. In all, 50 short films have been commissioned (or eaten). Rules and ideas based on whatever we talked about at lunch are written on a napkin contract.
While each film has its own logic, it’s all about a variety of tastes. The overall metaphor is about community. It is very easy to help a filmmaker. Buy one lunch today. –Mike Plante